BREAKING NEWS
Anchors
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Lissette Campos
Lissette Campos is the Director of Community Affairs for ABC Action News. The Emmy award winning journalist anchors the station’s community affairs segments, “Positively Tampa Bay” and is also at the helm of the station’s community awareness campaigns produced throughout the year.
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Sarina Fazan
After moving to Seattle from Kashmir at the age of 2, Sarina Fazan learned English by watching Walter Cronkite and Barbara Walters. While other kids were playing with dolls and puzzles, Sarina was practicing her future career with a microphone she made from aluminum foil.
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Linda Hurtado
Born in San Francisco, Linda Hurtado studied at the University of Georgia before working in Fort Myers, Orlando and Tampa. She is one of the original members of the ABC Action News team.
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Brendan McLaughlin
Brendan McLaughlin did stints in San Francisco and Austin before helping start the WFTS news operation in 1994.
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Ellen McNamara
Ellen McNamara is thrilled to help you wake up on the weekends! She joined ABC Action News in April of 2009 as the weekend morning anchor. You can also see her reporting three days during the week.
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Deiah Riley
Deiah Riley co-anchors the morning and noon newscasts.
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Wendy Ryan
Wendy Ryan co-anchors the 6 and 11 o'clock editions. She also launched the popular “Dirty Dining” franchise shortly after joining ABC Action News.
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Dan Shaffer
Dan Shaffer co-anchors Action News This Morning, beginning at 4:55 a.m., and Action News at Noon.
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John Thomas
John Thomas has been with ABC Action News since 1999. In that time he has covered nearly all of the major breaking stories in the bay area including the elections of 2000, Jessica Lunsford, Terri Schiavo and several Tampa Bay area storms.
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Jamison Uhler
ABC Action News added evening anchor Jamison Uhler to its award-winning news team in May 2010. Jamison co-anchors the 5pm and 11pm weeknight newscasts. Uhler joined the ABC Action News team following four years as an anchor/reporter at WCAU-TV, the NBC-owned station in Philadelphia.
Weather & Traffic
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Captain Al Taylor
Alan Taylor, also known as 'Captain Al' is pilot / reporter of the ABC Action News helicopter, Action Air One. He’s been flying for the Action News team since 2002.
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Meredyth Censullo
Weekdays between 5-9 a.m. Meredyth Censullo brings viewers traffic reports from the ABC Action News studios using real-time data from a variety of resources including local law enforcement agencies, traffic cameras and roving Action News photojournalists. While Meredyth is keeping an eye on the roads from the studio, Capt. Al Taylor is monitoring traffic conditions from the sky in Action Air 1.
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Bill Logan
Bill Logan has been a familiar face with viewers in the Tampa Bay area, anchoring newscasts, presenting weather, and telling stories on the local airwaves since 1987.
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Denis Phillips
Denis Phillips is the Chief Meteorologist at ABC Action News. He can be seen weeknights on the 5pm, 5:30, 6pm, and 11pm newscasts.
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Stephanie Roberts
Stephanie Roberts forecasts the weather Monday through Friday for ABC Action News This Morning, as well as the noon newscasts.
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Wayne Shattuck
Wayne Shattuck is a meteorologist at ABC Action News.
Sports
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Tom Korun
Your ABC Action Sports anchor, Tom Korun has been a bay area sports fan for more than 20 years.
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Andrew Luria
Andrew Luria is the weekend sports anchor at ABC Action News, a spot he has held since May 2010.
Spotlight
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Visit FLDemocracy2012.com
FLDemocracy2012.com combines the resources of four of the state’s strongest news organizations to deliver unparalleled coverage of Florida politics next year.
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Seventh annual 'Be More' awards
ABC Action News is proud to be partnering with WEDU to celebrate and honor the everyday heroes making a difference in our community. Today the 7th annual "Be More" awards took place at the Al La Carte Pavillion in Tampa.
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REPORT: Best cities to get lucky in love
If you’ve been unlucky in love, the problem may have less to do with you and more to do with the city you're living in!
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Fried food frenzy at Florida's fair
There’s always great music, rides and games at the Florida State Fair. But the true show stoppers are the mouth watering and odd ball foods that ascend to new heights of fatty-fried splendor.
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New iPad? Download our app!
If you got a new iPad over the holidays, ABC Action News has released a new and improved iPad app.
Top Stories
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Pop Star Whitney Houston dead at 48
Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died. She was 48.
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Locals react to Whitney Houston's death
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St. Pete hosts Rock 'n' Roll Marathon
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FORECAST: Getting frigid overnight
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Easy to make Valentine's Day recipe
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Neighbors react after tragic murders
Reporters
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Jackie Callaway
Jackie Callaway is the ABC Action News consumer advocate, Taking Action For You every day.
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Carson Chambers
Carson Chambers was born and raised in Tampa and is thrilled to be reporting in her home town. She joined ABC Action News after reporting for WBTV Charlotte, NC , WBBH in Fort Myers/Naples and WCJB-TV in Gainesville.
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Alan Cohn
Alan Cohn is the chief investigative reporter at ABC Action News
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Don Germaise
Don Germaise has become the old-timer at ABC Action News. He was the first news reporter hired when WFTS became an ABC affiliate in 1994. Don's seasoning gives him a unique insight to news coverage in the Bay Area: Don knows most of the newsmakers, and they know him!
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Chris Martinez
Chris Martinez joined the ABC Action News team in July 2003. He can be seen reporting weeknights on ABC Action News at 11pm.
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Michael George
Michael is always looking to uncover stories important to our community. He is interested in exposing government workers wasting time on the job and ways in which your tax dollars are being misused.
Reporters
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Jeff Butera
Jeff Butera is an Emmy award winning general assignment reporter at ABC Action News who started at the station in October, 2009
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Ashley Glass
Ashley Glass is thrilled to be living and working on the west coast of Florida! The Sunshine State is her home, and she wants to explore everything the bay area has to offer.
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John Matarese
A veteran reporter and two-time Emmy Award winner, John Matarese is the Don't Waste Your Money consumer reporter for ABC Action News.
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Alison Morrow
It’s been almost 15 years since I’ve seen regular sunsets over the Gulf of Mexico. I grew up in St. Petersburg, attended Shorecrest Preparatory School my entire childhood, and the moved off to Wake Forest University when I was 17, never thinking my life would bring me back through the Tampa Bay area.
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Erik Waxler
Erik Waxler has been a reporter and multi-media journalist for ABC Action News since 2008.
